thoughts on how Price’s (alleged/hypothetical) betrayal would affect Simon and Nik’s relationship?
oh that's a fun one
obviously simon wouldn't take the whole "my captain just killed a general of the army and has left me in the dark as to what his whereabouts are or any of his intentions going forward" very well. but thinking about that broken trust not only affecting his relationship with price, but also his relationship with nikolai, is super interesting..
imagining it took simon forever to trust price in the first place. nikolai even more so being a rogue. the men are highly skilled and highly lethal, no doubt about it.
and on top of that, price and nik have known each other for a long time. nik does things for price that he would never even consider an inconvenience. price doesn't question nik's methods, as bizzare as they can be. so the idea that nikolai is potentially aiding price after his assassination on shepherd isn't far off in simon's mind.
it makes simon spiral. to think that he's finally found people he can trust and it's all been thwarted in one fell swoop. that someone he's created such a strong bond with, someone who can understand him in more ways than one, could have been trying to pull the rug out from under him the entire time. the amount of trust he's put into this task force falling apart right before his eyes. it makes simon paranoid all over again, reinforcing the idea that he really can't trust anyone. he doesn't want to go through that kind of betrayal again. and if running is all he can do, then he'll run till it hurts to stand.
